10:09 PM,
Dec. 1, 2012

Landon Young

Written by

Samantha Schmidt
saschmidt@gannett.com

Landon Young has done more in a quarter century than many accomplish in a lifetime.

The 25-year-old native of Mitchell, in Lawrence County, played an integral role in the creation of not one but two companies: He is co-founder and CEO of a nonprofit that provides solutions to improve the quality of life in developing countries, and he is a partner of a wind turbine company.

The 2006 graduate of Mitchell High School earned a bachelor's degree in landscape architecture and horticulture from Purdue University in 2011. This month he'll wrap up a master's degree in ecological science and ...